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94Frankenstein’s Monster: Revolutionary and Relevant
Begun as a short story in answer to a competition suggested by Lord Byron in 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Frankenstein has reached from the Romantic era into our own 21st century, and remains as relevant today as when originally...
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75Top Ten Zombie Movies of All Time
A list of some of the best zombie films of all times and what makes them so entertaining.
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82Human Passion and Alienation in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
When Mary Shelley was crafting the story of Frankenstein, she was not weaving just “a series of supernatural terrors” but she claims to have based the story on events not of impossible...
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71The Goth Guide 03: Basic Tips
Goth Slang Word of the Day Babybat: also, babygoth, Kindergoth, can be Mallgoth, Mansonite, NINny, Schweppervescent, or Flinders St. Goth. This type of goth is usually an immature type of goth, almost like a poser, who dresses up in black, but...
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76Best Top Ten All-Time Great Monster Movies: Some Oldies, But All Goodies
Ask anyone you know to name a famous monster, and I guarantee they can come up with at least one name - Godzilla, The Thing, Freddy Krueger, and the venerable Count Dracula. There's just no two ways about it: we have a fascination with monsters. Oh, not real monsters, though we seem to enjoy a never-ending stream of series about human monsters in shows such as Criminal Minds , Dexter and their like. No - I am referring to our, and Hollywood's, long-time love affair with creature-features .
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78Tamboran Volcano - Year Without A Summer
1816 - The Year That Tambora (1815) Was Felt Around the World There are several reasons the "Year Without A Summer" occurred. We were having the "Dalton Minimum" - a period of low sun spot activity causing cold in general and there were four other...
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92Frankenstein as Prometheus
Most people think they know the story of Frankenstein. There have been dozens of film adaptations of Mary Shelley's masterpiece of horror and science. However, nearly every one of them falls horribly short of the real thing. You see, Frankenstein...
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88Sample Revenge Essay on Frankenstein
Mary Shelly's Gothic Novel: None of us asked to be born. Most of us, at least at times, wish we had not. And the most of us that wish we had not, wish also, but to an even greater extent, that we had if but only in a different form. Disgruntled...
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85The Birth of the English Romantic Movement
In the second half of the eighteenth century, a spirit of rebellion swept across the world. The American colonies fought for their independence from the British, and in 1789, the masses in France revolted against royal despotism and sought the...
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70Famous Hollywood Movie Remakes
Countless movies have been reworked and remade throughout the history of movie making. In some cases, the movie makers should have left well enough alone. In others, the new version outshines the old.
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